Hooping Idol: Meet the Finalists for 80s Week
March 14, 2011 in Australia / New Zealand, Canada, Europe, Features, Male, Videos
Welcome to Hooping Idol, Hooping.org’s epic new contest that will be leading us all on an ever spinning journey in our quest to find the planet’s next big hooper star! Before we introduce our finalist contestants, we send out the most major heartfelt thank you to everyone who submitted Hooping Idol Casting Week video entries. You all certainly made the process an incredibly difficult decision as you’re all so freakin talented and wonderful that you’re all already Hooping Idols in our book. We have nothing but love for each and everyone of you. We asked you to make a video and tell us about yourself, show us where you live and share your hoop story. We told you what to title it and we gave you a deadline for having it posted on YouTube. With many reporting YouTube upload delays due to YouTube system slowness as a reason for not making the deadline, it was decided to extend that deadline by two hours and two hours only. Finalists need to not count on deadline extensions in the future. Be proactive, post early.
Casting Week entries that followed the directions were given a gold star. All gold star submissions were then seriously evaluated, but when you have only a certain number of contestant spots and 65 individuals wanting their hoop inside the circle, well, it really couldn’t have been any more challenging. We most sincerely wish we could cast each and every one who made themselves available for Hooping Idol, but after much deliberation and voting we managed to narrow it down to these 21 rising stars, less than a third of those who entered. So with that, and without further ado, we present your Hooping Idol 2011 Finalists:
1. Nick Broyd of Bristol, England, UK
2. Stephanie Connell of Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA.
3. Heather Denham of San Francisco, California, USA
4. Kay Dent of Bristol, England, UK
5. Emilie “Anossens” Durand of Versailles, France
6. Missina Germain aka Shekinah Spin of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
7. Wesley J of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
8. Jodi Jainchill of Gainesville, Florida, USA
9. Glenda Jordan of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
10. Shawnee Lynn of Annville, Pennsylvania
11. Dinah “Dinahmyte” Myott of Hampton, Virginia, USA
12. Nicole Osier of Watseka, Illinois, USA
13. Andrea Painter of Hartley Wintney, England, UK
14. Rebecca Phipps of Florence, South Carolina, USA
15. Sam Resnicow of Newton, Massachusetts, USA.
16. Shahnoor “Shannie” Skrzypkowiak, of Perth, Western Australia, Australia
17. Sylvie aka Pretty Dumpling of Darby, Montana, USA
18. Amanda Syryda of Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
19. Kristen “Kinetic Kristen” Teffeteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee
20. Noora Tiainen of Kirkkonummi, Finland
21. Sue Wilkinson of Northamptonshire, England, UK
Hooping.org congratulates our Hooping Idol finalists and once again give the utmost of applause to everyone who made themselves available for Hooping Idol 2011. You all rule the school! As for our finalists, welcome to your next challenge. It’s 1980s Week on Hooping Idol. For this challenge you will 1) Choose a song released during the 1980′s that speaks to you and your hooping, 2) Create a hooping video that really shows off what you’re really capable of with your hooping, 3) Post your video on YouTube on or before Friday, March 18th, allowing ample time for it to fully upload no later than 11:59 PST. 4) Title your video: “Hooping.org Hooping Idol 80s Week”. 5) Copy the url for your video and simply post the url in the Hooping Idol 80s Week Thread in Hooping.org’s Hooping Videos Forum. Note: The system will automatically embed the video for you so all you will need to post is just the url. So there you have it. We hope you all have a totally radical time with your 80′s Week Challenge, and most of all, make sure you make it count. At the end of 80′s Week, Five Hooping Idol contestants will be eliminated. Happy 80s week everyone!
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dinahmyte said on March 14, 2011
Congratulations everyone!! I’m excited to participate with all of you lovely hoopers!
noora said on March 14, 2011
Congrats everyone! <3 Very excited to be a part of this! Can't wait to see everyone's 80's videos!
Good luck hoopers!!! <3
Wesley Whirl said on March 14, 2011
congratulations to all the hoopers who made it past the auditions!
cant wait to make this 80′s themed video!
Nikki said on March 14, 2011
I’m so excited! Cant wait to make this video!
Anna said on March 14, 2011
Loving that there are 5 UK hoopers in the final 21…yes, I am counting Shannie as a UK hooper! You are all awesome, good luck!
luluhoop said on March 14, 2011
Congrats everyone! I can’t wait to watch your vids! xoxo Lulu Hoop
KiT said on March 14, 2011
Yay!! Congrats everyone!! What a fun challange! I can not wait to hear everyone’s 80s tunes!!!!!
KiT~
Kinetic Kristen said on March 14, 2011
Congratulations to all the finalists! I’m excited for the 80s challenge
dinahmyte said on March 14, 2011
question… does the song have to be the PURE song from the 80s? or are remixes allowed? O=)
Philo Hagen said on March 14, 2011
No remixes. Straight up pure 80s.
rebecca phipps said on March 14, 2011
YAY!!!! congratulations everyone!!!! this is gonna be freakin awesome!!!! where the heck did i put my jelly shoes????
Maria/HoopME! said on March 14, 2011
I’m pulling out my side pony-tail in honor of you all this week! Can’t wait to see the vids~~congrats to all and well wishes!
Pretty Dumpling said on March 14, 2011
WOW. This is just purely awesome.
Biorooter said on March 14, 2011
Yep, you’re a hooper alright. Sooper dooper hooper.
Your new fans can see more at http://www.littlebluejoint.com
Jessica Wagstrom said on March 14, 2011
Yay, a lot of entries I liked got picked! Good luck everyone!
heather denham said on March 14, 2011
wow ! just finished watching everyone! You are all so darn good and cute and quirky and cool…I love you all…GOOD LUCK!!! this is going to be so much fun!
melody said on March 14, 2011
rebecca phipps is my favorite
noora said on March 15, 2011
Question: Is there any rules about video editing?
Can we use older footage or do we make an entirely new video?
Amanda of Hip Flick Hoops said on March 15, 2011
Good question but I imagine we need to make a brand new vid?? Hmmm
Philo Hagen said on March 15, 2011
Let me answer that question with a question. What if one of the judges said, “Haven’t we already seen this footage?”
noora said on March 15, 2011
Exactly, thank you!
Shekinah said on March 15, 2011
Does the video have to be all in one take as if we were performing in a live hooping contest? Or if we want to shoot in different locations throughout the video, can we edit, etc?
Philo Hagen said on March 15, 2011
One take? No, and just for future reference, if we want it to be a certain way we’ll let you know.
Shekinah said on March 15, 2011
Thanks- just making sure!
Jodi of Hoop and Health said on March 16, 2011
Congratulations to everyone! I am honored to be a part of this..Hoop Love!! Go 80′s
circularpraise said on March 16, 2011
Congrats to all the finalists! Can’t wait to see those 80s videos – college flashbacks mixed with cool hooping? Radical…
Hula-LA said on March 16, 2011
Congrats to all of you! You look amazing…I was super impressed by Shannor “Shannie”….Good luck to you all! Work it.
Hoopalicious said on March 18, 2011
allright!! Looking great everyone!! I think this is going to be super fun and I am stoked to meet all of you!
Hoop on hoop stars!!
Anah aka Hoopalicious
huladoula said on March 18, 2011
Amazing 80′s videos so far! FUN!
stephanie said on March 18, 2011
Philo -when you say 11:59 PST does that mean pm?
Philo Hagen said on March 18, 2011
Of course.
dinahmyte said on March 18, 2011
Youtube muted the audio on my first video.. and I’m now uploading a second version with a different song hoping they won’t mute it this time… It might be a few minutes late… :[